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Tower Semiconductor (Tower Semiconductor) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 15.42 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Tower Semiconductor Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-25), Tower Semiconductor's share price is $32.17. Tower Semiconductor's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.09. Hence, Tower Semiconductor's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 15.42.

The historical rank and industry rank for Tower Semiconductor's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

TSEM' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.2   Med: 19.5   Max: 5060.91
Current: 15.5

During the past 13 years, Tower Semiconductor's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 5060.91. The lowest was 2.20. And the median was 19.50.

TSEM's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
74.53% of 483 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 28.77 vs TSEM: 15.50

Tower Semiconductor's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.20. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $2.09.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Tower Semiconductor was 41.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, Tower Semiconductor's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 263.20% per year. The lowest was -63.90% per year. And the median was 23.75% per year.


Tower Semiconductor Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tower Semiconductor's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Tower Semiconductor Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Tower Semiconductor Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.49 - 33.39 27.51 14.06

Tower Semiconductor Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.51 28.29 31.97 7.85 14.06

Competitive Comparison of Tower Semiconductor's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Tower Semiconductor's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Tower Semiconductor's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Tower Semiconductor's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Tower Semiconductor's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Tower Semiconductor Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Tower Semiconductor's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=32.17/2.086
=15.42

Tower Semiconductor's Share Price of today is $32.17.
Tower Semiconductor's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.09.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Tower Semiconductor  (NAS:TSEM) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Tower Semiconductor (Tower Semiconductor) Business Description

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Address
20 Shaul Amor Avenue, P.O. Box 619, Ramat Gavriel Industrial Park, Migdal Haemek, ISR, 2310502
Tower Semiconductor Ltd is a pure-play specialty foundry that manufactures semiconductors. As a pure-play foundry, it focuses on producing integrated circuits (ICs), based on the design specifications of customers. The company's line of integrated circuits is incorporated into a variety of products and markets, including consumer electronics, personal computers, communications, automotive, and industrial and medical device products. Tower produces ICs alongside wholly-owned subsidiaries through fabrication facilities located in Japan. As a complement to its technology offerings, Tower offers services that enable a quick and accurate design cycle. To further assist customers with design and technical support, an integrated team helps clients through the manufacturing cycle.